Ahlquist Eye Quotes & Sayings

I would kiss you, had I the courage. — Edouard Manet

Those who spend long hours engaged in reading or writing should not be spoken to for seven hours afterward. — Sofia Samatar

She bent her chin to her chest. She mumbled something I did not catch. It sounded like, Shame on us all for not having stopped it. — Tatiana De Rosnay

Thady begins his memoirs of the Rackrent Family by dating MONDAY MORNING, because no great undertaking can be auspiciously commenced in Ireland on any morning but MONDAY MORNING. 'Oh, please God we live till Monday morning, we'll set the slater to mend the roof of the house. On Monday morning we'll fall to, and cut the turf. On Monday morning we'll see and begin mowing. On Monday morning, please your honour, we'll begin and dig the potatoes,' etc.
All the intermediate days, between the making of such speeches and the ensuing Monday, are wasted: and when Monday morning comes, it is ten to one that the business is deferred to THE NEXT Monday morning. The Editor knew a gentleman, who, to counteract this prejudice, made his workmen and labourers begin all new pieces of work upon a Saturday. — Maria Edgeworth

In cooking - as in business and war - hope for the best but plan for the worst. — Timothy Ferriss

In all seriousness, Archer claims that if you, as a living, alive person, hear the song "You're the One That I Want" from the musical Grease three times in a single day - seemingly by accident, whether in an elevator, on a radio, a telephone hold button, or whatever - it indicates that you'll surely die before sunset. — Chuck Palahniuk

I believe in person to person. Every person is Christ to me, and since there is only one Jesus, that person is the one person in the world at that moment. — Mother Teresa

Whether in church, at home, or in the margins of life, nothing is more important to our families than the teaching and application of sound doctrine. — Anonymous

George Bernard Shaw was right. He summed it all up when he said: "The secret of being miserable is to have the leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not." So don't bother to think about it! Spit on your hands and get busy. Your blood will start circulating; your mind will start ticking-and pretty soon this whole positive upsurge of life in your body will drive worry from your mind. Get busy. Keep busy. It's the cheapest kind of medicine there is on this earth-and one of the best. — Dale Carnegie

I've got a great life. It's a shame the work gets in the way of the golf, really. — Len Goodman

abruptly stopping. I don't care. I'm no more dangerous than Mr. Taylor. I — Stephen Metcalfe

A thick sapphire halo encased his startling pale blue iris. When I got closer, I noticed a starburst of aqua around his pupil. It wasn't the beauty of his odd eyes, exactly, that made my knees nearly buckle. I didn't know what it was, but I couldn't breathe. I couldn't think. My heart danced wildly to his tune. — Christie Rich

Pet names are a persistent remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. — Jhumpa Lahiri